March, 1921.] Proceedings. 59 



The Librarian reported accessions to the Lilirary. 



The President called for reports on summer collectin(^'. Mr. Hall spoke 

 of collecting Lepidoptcra on Mt. Washington, commenting on the variation in 

 seasons there in different years. 



Mr. Bell reported poor collecting locally in I.i pidnp. r,i. 



Mr. Burns reported good success in Diptera. 



Mr. Xicolay showed two boxes of notable captures at Washington, D. C, 

 in June and of rare Buprestidse received from British Museum and the Pacific 

 Coast, especially two species of Trachykele, bred from Abies and Libocedrus. 



Among his Washington captures was Cher-rolatia amoena, found by sifting 

 debris at base of half-dead tulip tree. Mr. Weiss said he had been working 

 principally on Milkweed Insects this summer with some interesting results. 

 He spoke also of the Gypsy Moth outbreak at Somerville, X. J. 



Mr. Barbers principal trip had been at Lakehurst, \. T., where rain had 

 marred his plans. 



Dr. Lutz reported three months spent in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Colo- 

 rado with interesting comparisons of collecting in the northern and southern 

 regions. He also showed magnification of three-color process from the publi- 

 cation " Science and Invention." 



Mr. Dickerson said his best result was the discovery of Tetraopcs larvw. 



Mr. Bischoff exhibited a box of rare Coleoptera collected during the sum- 

 mer, including species of Ryhnchophora, Eucnemid;e, etc. 



Mr. Davis as usual had much field activity to report, including three weeks 

 in North Carolina with Jas. P. Chapin, and many Long Island trips with Mr. 

 Engelhardt. He exhibited pmk Amblycorypha from Staten Island, commenting 

 on their apparent comparative frequency there, Calosoina sycophania and 

 Carabus neiuoralis, also from Staten Island, and described their distribution 

 and usefulness. 



Mr. Mutchler spoke of sycophania being common also in Connecticut. 



Dr. Bec|uaert spoke at some length of the rarer flies caught by Mr. Burns, 

 especially Mixogastcr breviventris and then spoke of his visit to Mr. Xotman 

 at Keene \'alley, of his trips to West Xyack, Cold Spring Harbor and else- 

 where, closing with an account of his recent discoveries in the genus I'oluceUa. 



In reference to Dr. Bequeart's praise of Cold Spring Harbor as a collect- 

 ing ground, Mr. Bischoff urged consideration of Murray Hill. X. J. 



Dr. Wiegmann spoke of a collection of microscopic mounts of insects. 



Mr. Sherman spoke of his trip to .Atlantic City and visits in Philadelphia 

 with Fox, Laurent and Castle. 



Mr. Olsen told of his collecting about West Xyack. 



Mr. Hallinan spoke of his visits to public museums in London. Hull and 

 Bristol. 



Mr. Shoemaker had visited his old collecting grounds near Washington, 

 D. C, in June and September and found the increasing number of bungalows 

 distressing. Three species of Cychrus had. howe\er, been caught this year. 



